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Hook Point Brewing, the parent company of Flat Hat American Ale, had hoped to open a new brewery and taproom in Collierville. However, plans for the taproom have halted due to a town ordinance.

That ordinance was amended Monday to make it clearer that establishments selling alcohol must derive 50% of their revenues from the sale of food — and that the food must be prepared and consumed on the premises, served by a kitchen, not a food truck.

“There’s just too many restrictions,” said Mike Sadler, owner of Hook Point Brewing. “It’s just not going to be financially feasible for us right now.”

Hook Point still plans to open the brewery in Collierville to produce, can and keg beer for distribution, but there will not be on-premise sales, Sadler said. The company hopes to start manufacturing there in April.

“If we do ever have any kind of on-premise sales there where we have food and beer for sale with people having a tap room experience, we’ll have to have a commercial kitchen in the building,” Sadler said. “But that’s not going to happen anytime soon.”

Initially, Hook Point had planned to open a food truck to meet the 50% requirement in the ordinance.

James Lewellen, Collierville town administrator, said there had been some confusion about the nature of the alcoholic beverages ordinance, leading him to propose the amendment to make it clear that catering services, food trucks and snack items did not meet the intent of balancing food and alcohol consumption.

Now, Mike and Cindy Sadler are looking at spaces in downtown Memphis for a taproom where there are fewer constraints, he said, although they still would like to someday eventually open a full-service restaurant in Collierville.

Katherine Burgess covers county government, religion and the suburbs. She can be reached at katherine.burgess@commercialappeal.com, 901-529-2799 or followed on Twitter @kathsburgess.